Water security across the gender divide / Christiane Fröhlich, Giovanna Gioli, Roger Cremades, Henri Myrttinen, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fröhlich, Christiane J., 1977- editor.

Gioli, Giovanna, editor.

Cremades, Roger, editor.

Myrttinen, Henri, editor.

Series:

Water security in a new world

Water security in a new world, 2367-4008

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water security.

Water security--Economic aspects.

Water security--Social aspects.

Water security--Political aspects.

Women in development.

Women in natural resources management.

Sex role.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xvii, 233 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, [2018]

Summary:

This book examines water security as a prime example of how the economic, socio-cultural and political-normative systems that regulate access to water reflect the evolving and gendered power relations between different societal groups. Access to water is characterized by inequalities: it depends not only on natural water availability, but also on the respective socio-political context. It is regulated by gender-differentiated roles and responsibilities towards the resource, which are strongly influenced by, among others, tradition, religion, customary law, geographical availability, as well as the historical and socio-political context. While gender has been recognized as a key intervening variable in achieving equitable water access, most studies fail to acknowledge the deep interrelations between social structures and patterns of water use. Proof of these shortcomings is the enduring lack of data on water accessibility, availability and utilization that sufficiently acknowledges the relational nature of gender and other categories of power and difference, like class and socioeconomic status, as well as their comprehensive analysis. This book addresses this major research gap.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Bridging Troubled Waters: Water Security Across the Gender Divide / Henri Myrttinen and others

Chapter 2. Gender and Water in a Changing Climate: Challenges and Opportunities / Farhana Sultana

Chapter 3. More than Women and Men: A Framework for Gender and Intersectionality Research on Environmental Crisis and Conflict / Amber J. Fletcher

Chapter 4. Gender and Water in the Middle East. Local and Global Realities / Mauro van Aken and Anita De Donato

Chapter 5. Land and Water Reforms in South Africa: "Men in White Coats" / Deepa Joshi and others

Chapter 6. Integrating Gender Equality in WASH Emergency Response in the Central African Republic / Beatrice Mosello and others

Chapter 7. Engaging with Gender in Water Governance and Practice in Kenya / Chinwe Ifejika Speranza and Edward Bikketi

Chapter 8. When Water Security Programmes Seek to Empower Women-A Case Study from Western Nepal / Floriane Clement and Emma Karki

Chapter 9. "Just Women" is Not Enough: Towards a Gender-relational Approach to Water and Peacebuilding / Janpeter Schilling and others

Chapter 10. Calming the Waters, Ploughing the Sea-Can Gender-Responsive Approaches to Intra-state Water Conflicts Lead to Peacebuilding? Evidence from Lebanon and Nepal / Henri Myrttinen

Chapter 11. The Role of Women in Transboundary Water Dispute Resolution / Lynette L. de Silva and others.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783319640440

3319640445

9783319640464

3319640461

OCLC:

1020073831